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Mississippi Power customers, already burdened with a 12% rate increase (and 3% more scheduled soon)to fund the boondoggle coal-fired plant under construction north of Meridian, are destined to suffer a lot more. Southern Company, lobbyist Haley Barbour, and the Mississippi Public Service Commission are responsible for initiating a project that is doomed to fail. It is doomed to fail due to the Obama admistration's attempt to kill coal as a source of energy by implementing expensive, unattainable emissions standards, market conditions that favor cheap and plentiful natural gas, and untested technology for coal-fired plants (carbon capture and storage). How can customers, especially in Mississippi that have suffered a 15% drop in income over the last decade, be expected to fund this very bad decision? COMPLAIN PEOPLE!

Gary PeeplesMeridianUser submission

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Mr.

Mississippi Power customers, already burdened with a 12% rate increase (and 3% more scheduled soon)to fund the boondoggle coal-fired plant under construction north of Meridian, are destined to suffer